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B. VAN HBNNIK. PACKAGE ELEVATOR.

No. 449,458. Patented Mar. 31, 1891.

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B. VAN HENNIK. PACKAGE BLBVATOR.

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BURTIS VAN HENNIK, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

PAC KAG E- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filedAugust l, 1890.

.To all whom t may concern.-

Be itknown that l, BURTIS VAN HENNIK, of New York city, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Package-Elevatorfor Presses, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to a package-elevator for presses, and has for itsobject to provide a means whereby packages of paper to be printed may beexpeditiously and conveniently elevated from the Hoor of the pressroomand delivered alongside of the feedtable of the press with a minimum ofinconvenience to the attendants of the press; and a further object ofthe invention is to provide a means whereby the elevated packages may bereadily transferred from the elevator to the feed-table.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device capable ofaccomplishing the above-named results which may be set up in anypress-room, occupying space not heretofore utilized, and to so simplifythe device that it may be construct-ed and erected at but little costand attended by unskilled labor.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the elevator, the lifting-platformbeing represented as in position to receive a package. Fig. 2 is aperspective View of the elevating mechan ism, the elevator beingillustrated as carried upward and the package as in position to be slidupon the feed-table; and Fig. Sis a transverse section through theelevatortab1e and its carrying-frame, illustrating the said table inposition to admit of the transfer of the paper to the feed-table. i

Tracks 10, usually two in number, are suspended from the ceiling orother support at the rear of the feed-table 11 of the `press or presses,which tracks are inclined downward at one end in the direction of thetable, as is ELEVATO R.

Patent No. 449,453, dated March 31, 1891.

Serial No. 360,695. [No model.)

best illustrated in Fig. 2. The tracks may be of any desired contour incross-section, and upon the tracks a carriage A is held to travel, whichcarriage consists, preferably, of four corner posts or uprights 12,connected by cross-bars 13 and braced by diagonal bars 14. Each of thecorner posts or standards has formed integral with its lower end orattached thereto a hook 15, the mouth of the hooks being somewhatdiagonally inclined, as is best shown in Fig. 1.

each of the corner posts or standards of the carriage a friction rolleror wheel 1G is journaled, which wheels. are adapted for engagement withthe tread of the track, the said wheels or pulleys being usuallyprovided with a peripheral groove to receive the same..

To the forward end cross-bar of the carriage one end of a rope 17 orchain is secured, the attachment of the chain being preferably at thecentral portion of the said end, and the said rope or chain is carriedfor ward between the tracks to a point at or near the ends of the latterand downward over a friction-pulley 18 or equivalent device pivoted inany approved form of hangen, and

chain is carried vertically downward and attached to an eye 19 or itsequivalent secured to the floor of the press-room, for instance. Thesaid cord or chain is also preferably provided with a ring or eye 20,secured thereto between the friction-pulley 1S and its lower attachedend.

At or near the forward or upper end of the tracks a drum 21 is pivotedin suitable bearings 22, the said drum heilig' preferably made to extendtransversely below the tracks. The drum has integral with or attached toone end a peripherally-grocved wheel 23, and to the periphery of thesaid wheel one end of a rope 24. or chain is secured, the other end ofthe said rope or chain being attached to a windlass 25 or itsequivalent, as illustrated in Fig. 1; but, if in practice it is founddesirable, the rope or chain may be passed around the wheel 23 of thedrum, and thence around a lower friction-pulley, in which event thechain or rope is endlessl Near one end of the drum two cords a and fromthe friction-pulley 18 the cord 17 or- In suitable bearings at the upperend of IOO a or chains are secured, and at or near the opposite end twoother cords a2 and a3 are secured. The cord a or chain passes throughscrew-eyes and over friction-rollers 26 and 27, somewhat closely groupedand secured to the ceiling or other support to which the tracks areattached, and afterpassing over the innerfriction-pulley 27 the cord aor chain is permitted to fallvertically downward. The second cord dorchain of this pair is also carried overfrictionrollers 2S and 21),suspended from the ceiling; but the friction-roller 29 is a much greaterdistance from the friction-roller 2S than the friction-roller 27 isdistant from the friction-roller 26. Afterpassingoverthefriction-roller29 the cord c or chain is also permitted to dropperpendicularly downward. The cords a2 and as or chains are passed overfriction-rollers in like manner to the cords c, and a at the oppositeend of the drum, and which have just been described, the position of thefrictionrollers over which the rope a2 or chain passes corresponding inposition to the friction-rollers 26 and 27 of the cord a or chain, andthe friction-rollers of the cord a3 or chain correspond in location tothe frictionroller 28 and 29 of the cord ct or chain.

The lower extremities of the cords c, a', d2, and a3 or chains areattached one at each cornerof a platform 30, which platform, together'with the cords, constitutes an el@ vater B. The platform 80 ispreferably made as light as possible consistent with strength, and inthe drawings is represented as constructed of two side bars having eyesformed at their extremities, through which the cords or chains arepassed, the said side bars being connected by diagonal brace bars, as isbest shown in Fig. 2.

In connection with the elevator and carriage a paper-carrying table C isemployed. The table is preferably made in two sectionsnamely, aplatform-section 3l and a framesection 32, the former being fitted intothe latter. The frame-section corresponds in contour to the contour ofthe platform-section, which is preferably rectangular, and theframe-section 32 is ordinarily made of skeleton form and provided ateach corner with an upwardly-extending preferably perpendicular standard33, each of which standards is provided at or near its upper extremitywith a longitudinal slot 34. Then the elevatorplatform B is constructedas described, the side bars of the frame-section of the table areprovided with recesses to receive the transverse bars of theelevatorplatform. rlhe platform-section 8l consists, preferably, of onepiece of metal, wood, or other preferred material, and is usuallydivided transversely into two compartments bya partition 35. At one sideof the platform-section of the table and at both ends upright studs 3Gare secured to the upper face, as bestshown in Fig. 1, and at that sideof the platform-section which faces the press feed table or tables studs37 are located, which studs are preferably latter.

hinged or pivoted to the platform-section in such manner that they arecapable of folding downward and outward, as shown in Fig. 3. Theconstruction of the movable studs, as illustrated in the drawings,consists in providing the inner end of each stud with a longitudinalslot 3S, and the studs are locatedin metal-lined recesses 39, the.pivot-pin of the studs being secured in the walls of the recesses andmade to pass through the slots 38, as is likewise best shown in Fig. 3.

In operation the table C, seated in its frame, is placed upon theelevator-platform B when the said platform is resting upon the floor ofthe press-room, and when the table is in this position the desirednumber of packages ofpaper to be printed are placed upon it. Thecarriage A is then drawn up the inclined tracks until it is near3 theforward end of the Then the carriage is in proper position, it may beheld so by causing the ring 2 0 ofthe rope 17 or chain connected withthe carriage to engage with a hook or equivalent device placed in thefloor to receive it, as illustrated in Fig. 1, and when the carriage issecured in proper position it will be immediately above the table, asshown in the same ligure. By operating the windlass or the cord 24,connected with the drum 2l, the said drum is revolved and thelifting-cords c, a', a2, and a3 or chains are wound upon the drum, andthe elevator is thereby carried upward beneath the carriage. As theelevator-platform approaches the carriage the slots 34 in the uprights33 of the table-frame receive the hooks 15 of the carriage, whereuponthe frame and table become a portion of the carriage, and by looseningthe rope 17 or chain the carriage is permitted to travel down theinclined plane of the tracks untilit reaches one of the pressfeed-tables, as illustrated in Fig. 2, at

which point it may be stopped in any suitable or approved manner, andthe pivoted studs 37l are thown downward upon the presstable, as shownin Fig. 3, and the operator'at the feed-table may thereuponexpeditiously slide the packages of paper from the table of the carriageto the said feed-table. Then the packages have been delivered tothepress or presses, the cord or rope 17 is again drawn downward and thecarriage is brought over the elevator-platform. The windlass is'thenoperated, and the platform of the elevator is lifted upward sufficientlyto engage with and elevate the frame carrying the platform-section ofthe table C, and in thus lifting the frame the slotted standards of thelatter are disengaged from the hooks of the carriage, and in disengagingthe standards cause the carriage to slide slightly forward as the topsof the standards come into engagement with the inclined surfaces of thehooks, and by pushing the carriage a slight distance forward it isremoved from the path of the table C, whereupon the elevator may-belowered to carry the table with itto the floor of the pressroom toreceive another load.

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Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. In a package-elevator, the combination, with acarriage adapted to travel upon suspended tracks, of an elevator and apackagecarrying table adapted to be supported by the elevator-platformand to be engaged by the carriage when raised, whereby provision is madefor raising the packagecarrying table and transferring it from theelevator-platform to the carriage, substantially as described.

2. In a package-elevator, the combination, with a carriage adapted totravel upon suspended tracks, of a platform and means for raising andlowering said platform and a package-carrying table adapted to besupported upon the platform and provided with means for engaging thecarriage when elevated, substantially as herein shown and described.

In a package-elevator, the combination, with a carriage adapted totravel upon suspended tracks, of a platform, a drum, means for operatingthe drum, cords attached to the drum, passed over pulleys, and attachedto the said platform, and a package-carrying table adapted to besupported on the platform and provided with means for connecting` itwhen elevated to the carriage, substantially as described.

4. In a package-elevator, the combination, with an inclined track andacarriage traveling on said track and provided with hooks, of a platform,a drum, cords attached to the drum, passed over pulleys, and connectedto the platform, a package-carrying table adapted to be supported on theplatform and provided With standards having openings to engage the hooksof the carriage, and means for operating the drum and carriage,substantially as herein shown and described.

5. ln a device of the character described, the combination, with acarriage capable of lateral movement and an elevator, of apackage-carryin g table adapted for removable engagement with theelevator and With the carriage and studs pivotally attached to the table, as and for the purpose specified.

G. In a device of the character described, the combination, withinclined tracks and a carriage held to travel upon the tracks, of atable comprising a platform-section and a sup-

